TCHS started a more normal inter-scholastic schedule starting with the 1930-31
school year. Home games were played in a variety of places including Ripley
Park, Roosevelt Jr. High and Crane Jr. High gymnasiums. Hayden coach was George
Reid. Newspaper accounts of these games began to list box scores, but did not
report much detail about the games. Rules of the era continued to contribute to
low scoring. There was still a center jump after every made field goal.

One opponent, Christian Brothers of St. Joseph, MO, was guided by Coach Everett
Shelton. He became a Hall of Fame coach in the NCAA. He won the national
championship with Wyoming in 1943 and coached Henry Iba on an early AAU team.
TCHS participated in a KSHSAA tournament for the first time during this season.

Depression era athletic programs struggled to stay in existance. There
were a limited amount of jerseys available - sometimes the player
coming out of a game had to give his jersey to the substitute. #

TOPEKA CATHOLIC

1930-31

4

14

COACH: George Reid

Independent

DATE

TEAM

W

OP

PLACE

12/12/30

Washburn Rural

L

15

17

Ripley Park

12/19/30

KC-Pembroke Country Day (MO)

W

20

12

Kansas City, MO

12/23/30

Emmett

L

Ripley Park

1/2/31

Highland Park

W

29

12

Highland Park

1/3/31

Emmett

L

Emmett

1/10/31

St Mary's College HS

L

15

20

St. Mary's

1/17/31

Seaman

L

12

31

Roosevelt Junior High

1/23/31

Osage City

L

10

14

Osage City

1/31/31

Highland Park

W

33

8

Highland Park

2/3/31

Washburn Rural

L

10

14

Whiting Fieldhouse

2/5/31

St Mary's College HS

L

8

23

Crane Junior High

2/8/31

St Joseph-Christian Brothers (MO) ^

L

9

17

St Joseph (MO)

2/13/31

Leavenworth-IMAC

L

21

22

Leavenworth

2/14/31

KC-Pembroke Country Day (MO)

L

18

21

Ripley Park

2/20/31

Leavenworth-IMAC

L

13

16

Ripley Park

2/21/31

Osage City

W

14

12

Ripley Park

3/3/31

Seaman

L

14

23

Seaman

3/13/31

Sabetha

L

3

21

CLASS A Regional

Sabetha

244

Topeka State Journal

Sabetha Star

Kansas City Times

Topeka Daily Capital

Gilbert
Reel
Coach George Reid

Player

G

FG

FT

TP

Ed Reel

11

29

9

67

Philip Lawlor

12

16

9

41

Gilbert Reel

12

16

6

38

Allan Peterson

12

14

1

29

Pete Marchetti

12

4

6

14

Don Grace

1

2

2

6

E. Landon

2

1

1

3

R. Kane

4

1

0

2

Adrian Waters

3

0

1

1

Edward Spetter

6

0

0

0

I. Cavanaugh

1

0

0

0

Clarence Quinton

3

0

0

0

F. Kroll

2

0

0

0

12/23/30 Emmett

?

1/3/31 Emmett

?

1/23/31 Osage City

10

2/8/31 CR Bros

9

2/13/31 LV-IMAC

21

3/13/31 Sabetha

3

244

Still attempting to find out scores of games with
Emmett and individual scoring as noted above. Hayden yearbook
(SHAMROCK) does not list the games with Emmett. The TDC & TSJ newspapers
make reference to the dates and the fact that TCHS lost the games. That is the
way it stands unless information becomes available at a future date.

# John Haynes - Class of 1967 - story his father told him -
John Haynes, Sr Class of 1932 ?